The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
Living on a Dime a Day.
Richmond (Va.) Dispatch.

hearers Oy telling them that Il la
boring man "neels daily ne.fOurth
pound OF proteine, One.fourth pound
of fat, and Il pound of carbO.hy-
drates" TO keep him well aud strong.
1t the knowledge seeking laborer
goes to the store for his four ounces
OF proteine his. experiment will
scarcely increase bis faith m the
marketing knowledge of scientists
What the labOrer aud what most of
us need more than technical ESSAYS
on the physiological and Fecund-
ary Economy OF Foodn is a plain
talk abOut sensible feeding and
economical marketing.
GLOW to live and thrive on a
dime per day" may stand as the
text for this talk. II certainly can
be done, and though the expert
ment may he uninviting, it is GER
tain that good health is nearer akin
to the simplest diet than TO the
c0stliest.
Now rs 10 the labOring man and
his prOteine. Tell him that three
tonTths OF his weight is water, aud
that TO restore the days waste be
has to take TODD. three. tourrhs OF
which must he water and the re.
Inainder flesh-torming, heat giving
and bOncmaking substances, he
will understand the case better.
Give him table of foods, analyzed
TO show just how much heat. giving,
flesh forming and mineral matter
there IL in each TODD, and he will
soon take as deep an interest in
what he eats because Of its worth
TO him and because of its taste.
When he finds out-as he can in
half an hOnr-that Only twenty tOnr
parts in every 1000 OF butchers
meat count as flrsIl-tormers, the
rest being water, bu. rhIt from sev
entY five to ninety parts out of
every 100 in dried peas, beans, Oat
aud wheat meals aud cheese are
nutritious, and only ten TO twenty
five parts waste water, he from that
moment begins to use his common
sense IN feeding M he does in earn
ing his living. The popular rule is:
Never pay any heed to the feeding
rule of 0nr diet let us cultivate
glorious Ignorance of HE purpose
OF to1dS and 20 in might and main
for palate-ficklrFS aud devil take
the dyspepsia. Pity he doesn't.
just "A iart or two as aprptizprs.
The great PrnlnsulaI and Oriental
(P. aud o. SteamshIp Company
East Indian coolies to do |
the hardest work on their steamers
bPcauSp they are stronger, health
Ter aud stand the climate better
than Euglishmrn, aud brcanSe-
MOI being met eaterS-their diet
costs ONLY 6 cents per day. There
are uIners in the English coal pif =,
tue hardest workers in the land,
who have not eaten any kind of
meat for years. | am not Il vege |
tartan, because | banker after he |
flesh pots, aud their SavOry OlcrS
east n spell over my innocent soul
yet 1 experimental tor one whole
vear without taSling flesh or gravy |
in anN form, and all the time my |
health WAS perfect aud my weight
increased. The dock pnrterS ol
COnStantiunplr carry heavier bur
lens-2JO pounds AID inward
more easily than the .hOrrrs at
England or America, YET their mai
Iiet Is bread aud eggs, aud they ar
eptOtdl aud vegetarian. Tie IN
)nrrrS in Spain live CHI .ilv on bn ,'i
lnd nniOnS, and are MAJ VeiuuSly
strong.
The flesh and-blood Suiirrstiiu o
X quite as baSrle>S la diet as L.
heulOgy. A horse is almost as
trOug, swift, healthy aud hand
Ame ~ atuO-lrgged mau, aud they
10Th have he same Internal ma
hinery; The one eats berf and en-
,lS dyspepsia, the other avoids il
ud lidurlShes. T.u crHts worth of
nrai, oatneal, rice, fruits, butter
lil,, bread. CHEESE, onions or p0r-
IOus OF several OF these, will eua
ls- u man to 40 his ordinary days
'ork at least as well as any other
SsOrlmrnt OF foods be eau buy for
q ,llar.
What would he a good diet for
lnse who tlO nut need to study
lri' puisrs, Vel who would like
nplr, healthy aud ENJOYABLE diet
ryi To such l would say dup
10 heavy meat bre4EtaSt righI
way. Not that the meat - bad.
ut is not the best TO start the day
IA. 1t diStends the stomach, inIlis-
OseS US Tor beaslwurk, aud often
ads To thai other doNnIight stu
i,lity, The IL o'clock beer or cOck- 7
III. The SecoHd evil ~ Iakru. 10
Ire tue first, ~ IL two black ewes
Re better thanOue. Biead (BOi the
,uilrd white siuii, bat the natural
irk-eOlOr,.d wheat, as grOnndl tea
+ COCOA, rgg and the hun,lfe,l aud
he nuu 4 ia diShrs, Wlfh iiiile
>u, and a. much fruif aS Nnu Ike. !
h u mU,lel uiral, A. experience
Vi prove.
Ta,s 81 fish, h. more the better,
Ound fDf I,oRud RS lsniutii'lons {
, ti'Sb. fli"ugh Il d,sSa't rm O. :
] IA 50 luii,. aid iiS rii "a .esl ssl-
i AZ sl,ogr thai ur meaiS.
1 =. 1 iia' ex "a D I'd ~ .ish . Ork
dO-say an average I twelve OF